Incredible tennis
Wow!
Nick conserving energy in the Nadal service games once he got the break.
Probably an understandable policy. Nick spent three hours longer on court than Nadal on Saturday so energy reserves a problem after that four and a half hour marathon, even if he is nearly a decade younger. Nick serves it out to take the 2nd set 6-3.
NICKY NICKY NICKY
This is not good for Nadal. Last thing he wants is a tough match here in R4 given his potential path to the final. Even a win could be a pyrrhic one.
Has he stopped juicing?
Federer?
so nick breaks back. how long before we see an injury break from needle?
Haven’t you tried this line loads of times now with no substance.
Haters are going to hate.
Rafa will have to dig deep and respond like the champion he is in this pressure cooker.
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Were you a big Lance Armstrong fan too?
Has needle Nadal had his injury break yet?
I asked you a question. Are you talking about Federer?
The guy who has a physical metamorphosis in his mid 30s and plays marathon matches at nearly 40, who has never had any sort of troublesome injury in his career.
It’s the only person I can think of?
Nick looks very tired already after the four and a half hour marathon on Saturday. He’s going to have to dig very deep here.
and his way of responding is with an injury break and then a miraculous recovery to win.
What are you basing that on? List examples or shut up and toddle along. The last time I recall an injury break and miraculous recovery in a Nadal game was in this competition 3 years ago when Federer took one in the final set and won the match, coming from a break down.
Pat Cash, to be fair, called out Federer for cheating.
there’s plenty of examples in the tennis main thread,
That’s a cop out.
Federer used the same trick in the semi final that year, too taking a MTO against Wawrinka - again in the fifth set - again he came through.
He also tried it in the fifth set against Dimitrov at the US Open last year, again in the fifth set, this time to no avail.
Specific examples, Andre Agassi.
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its not a cop out, there are plenty of examples in the tennis thread, where other asexual, tytalian, 2 day shirt wearers have also taken up the cudgel for needle
Specific examples, Andre Agassi.
You’re falling over the web of contradictions you spun for yourself.